siphon
- Noun. A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.
- Noun. a soda siphon.
- Noun. (biology) a tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants.
- Verb. (transitive) to transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon.
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